Who knew...

A Saturday could be so UNrelaxing? Holy Cow! I'm not writing to get sympathy or anything else, just to vent. Because that's what I do. Especially if chocolate or coffee (pumpkin spice lattes) are not available.

I was so excited for today! We were going to take Danika to the mall for her first Halloween little shindig. I stayed up til about 1am finishing her costume (see above picture), which turned out so cute! I was so excited when I went to bed last night. 

SOME people say that a mother's instinct is a load of bull. Well. Sorry. Not true. In my opinion. When I woke up this morning and heard Danika's cough, my heart sunk to the bottom of my chest and I started crying. Nate, again, thought I was crazy. I swore up and down, "I KNOW she has swine flu!". He basically brushed it off like most people do - and that's okay! SOMETIMES I'm a little overdramatic :) 

The day went on and I just couldnt figure out why, but something told me not to go to the mall. I think it was this little gut feeling that said "cough - not well enough to handle a crowd of kids". There, of course, were other things that went on, but in the end we stayed home. Nate went to work on his papers, and I entertained Danika. I noticed as the day went on, she got warmer and a little fussier. Around 230 I put her down for her SECOND nap! WHat's going on people! SHe never takes two naps, especially when the first one was 2 hours long! 

I went in to check on her, oooooh, about 16 times in that first hour. SHe was still breathing :) But she was looking a little pale and was super hot. Eventually she woke up when I was in there hovering over her, my hand on her back making sure her chest was rising up and down. I pulled her into bed with me and she laid cuddled up next to me and kept sleeping. WHAT?! I admit, I loved it, but it also worried me. 

I took her temp ... woah! 100.5 yowzas! that's hot for my little normally 95 degree girl. I called our on call doc, and she urged me to go to urgent care. Nate and I took her in ... I must say, every time I meet another doctor, I'm more and more grateful for my own. What an awful man. But ... the H1n1 test came back negative, but apparently they're 70% ineffective? Hmmmm. So he prescribed her tamiflu and off we went. 

Let me tell you. Mama Bear Ari went into effect. I went to FOUR pharmacies. Three were closed. One told me "Um, we close in 7 minutes. We dont have time for you." EXCUSE ME!? OOOOOOh. I was ticked. More than ticked. I kinda flew off the handle. Tears were flying, as well as some not so nice kinds of words. I know, it obviously didnt get me anywhere, and being rude is just bleh ... but sometimes. People deserve it. 

It has been 4 hours since we left the urgent care and guess what? Still no tamiflu. Remember that nice ol' doc we had just seen? He wrote the rX but not the authorization for the ONE freaking pharmacy still open to make it. And he's not answering his pages. ASS. I hate that word, but sometimes. He deserves it. Nate's waiting for her medicine like a good husband and daddy. And he's bringing me popsicles. 

Because I'm starting to get a cough now, too.